Frosted Pumpkin Cake

Pumpkin is full of beta-carotene, a form of vitamin A that keeps eyes healthy and acts as an antioxidant. One serving of this moist cake actually provides more than half of your daily vitamin A needs thanks to the canned pumpkin.

Pumpkin-Pecan Cheesecake

Pumpkin Ice Cream Torte with Ginger Crust

This frozen torte is a great make–ahead alternative to traditional pumpkin pie. Tasty gingersnap cookies form the crust, which is topped with pumpkin–flavored ice cream and drizzled with both caramel and hot fudge toppings. You may never return to pumpkin pie.

Pumpkin Bread Pudding

If your two favorite desserts are bread pudding and pumpkin pie, you're in luck with this recipe that combines the best attributes of each one. Topping the warm bread pudding with maple syrup and toasted pecans is pure genius.

Pumpkin Chai Pots de Crème

These creamy custards offer a double dose of pumpkin, with canned pumpkin in the custard and a sweet, crunchy topping of pumpkin seed brittle. The chai tea added to the custard gives it a warm spiciness that's perfect for the holidays.

Pumpkin-Orange Cake

Canned pumpkin in the cake batter gives rich flavor and moistness, and a ring of mandarin oranges crown the top of this two–layer cake. Both of these orange–colored foods are high in disease–fighting antioxidants, as are the crimson pomegranate seeds that fill the ring of orange segments.

Pumpkin-Cranberry Coffee Cake

Pumpkin Pie Shake

Canned pumpkin has more bioavailable beta-carotene than fresh because of the heat used during canning. Dress up this shake with a rim of graham cracker crumbs on each glass instead of sprinkling the crumbs on the shake.

Pumpkin-Praline Custards

Pumpkin Roll

Impress your guests with a spiced pumpkin cake roll that's filled with sweet cream cheese. Rolling up the cake is easy with these step-by-step instructions; plus, you can make it ahead and refrigerate it until you're ready to serve.

Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Napoleons

Pumpkin and Maple Ice-Cream Sandwiches

Both pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice are used in the cake–like cookies that sandwich the maple–flavored ice cream. You can wrap these up individually and take one out of the freezer whenever you need a sweet treat.

White Chocolate-Pumpkin Pie Caramel Apples

Frozen Pumpkin Layer Cake

We couldn't stop eating this dessert at taste testing. It earned our highest rating. The concentrated spicy flavor of pumpkin butter replaces the more traditional canned pumpkin. It's a great make-ahead recipe for the holidays.

Apple Pumpkin Galette

Chocolate-Pumpkin Marble Cake

Create a marbled bundt cake centerpiece for your fall party by layering two batters (one flavored with pumpkin, the other cocoa) into a bundt pan. Simply draw a knife through the batters to create your own design.

Pumpkin Flan

Pumpkin lends a unique and mouthwatering spin to the classic custard layered dessert with a soft caramel top. This flan is convenient--it can be made in advance and kept refrigerated until ready to serve.

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